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Species is a basic taxonomy unit in biology used for defining a group of organisms that share common genetic heritage and are able to interbreed.
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JUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is most commonly referred to as a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), with at risk-populations ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 12, 2015Videos
Scientists have discovered different species of sharks, including hammerhead sharks and silky sharks, swimming around in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
What is it about our brain wiring that makes it easy to pick up a pen or remember the lyrics of a song, each at the appr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Health & Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance has been recognized as a significant global health priority that threatens to take modern medic ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 30, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria produce a medley of secondary metabolites in response to their environment. Often, these metabolites are used t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 30, 2015Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lions are being re-introduced to Rwanda. There have been no lions living in the small east African country for the past ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 28, 2015Videos
On June 14th a 26-year-old man went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida, where he contracted a serious in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 25, 2015Videos
It's creamy, gooey chocolate that millions around the world eat for breakfast..and lunch, and dinner and sometimes just ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 23, 2015Videos
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute the current darling of the cephalopod world is part of the Opisthoteuthi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2015Videos
What would you say if we told you that the Earth is getting ready for its next major extinction; the sixth, to be exact? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 11, 2015Videos
No, it's not the VIP list at a hot club, it's the endangered species list. Once a species is placed on the list, some mi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is most commonly referred to as a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), with at risk-populations ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 12, 2015Videos
Scientists have discovered different species of sharks, including hammerhead sharks and silky sharks, swimming around in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
What is it about our brain wiring that makes it easy to pick up a pen or remember the lyrics of a song, each at the appr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Health & Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance has been recognized as a significant global health priority that threatens to take modern medic ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 30, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria produce a medley of secondary metabolites in response to their environment. Often, these metabolites are used t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 30, 2015Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lions are being re-introduced to Rwanda. There have been no lions living in the small east African country for the past ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 28, 2015Videos
On June 14th a 26-year-old man went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida, where he contracted a serious in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 25, 2015Videos
It's creamy, gooey chocolate that millions around the world eat for breakfast..and lunch, and dinner and sometimes just ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 23, 2015Videos
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute the current darling of the cephalopod world is part of the Opisthoteuthi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2015Videos
What would you say if we told you that the Earth is getting ready for its next major extinction; the sixth, to be exact? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 11, 2015Videos
No, it's not the VIP list at a hot club, it's the endangered species list. Once a species is placed on the list, some mi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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